"No one really knows, for example, why one nation, such as Australia, can be hit hard by influenza for several years while a neighbouring country, such as New Zealand, sees very low rates, says Webby. Even influenza’s seasonality isn’t entirely understood, nor exactly how it travels around the globe. “We don’t have a real good handle on why it’s a winter disease,” he says."
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Nicola Jones, “How COVID-19 is changing the cold and flu season”, Nature, (15 December 2020), 588, pp. 388-390.
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